Hépíng

Heping lies in the mountains of northeastern Guangdong near the Jiangxi border. Before it became a county, the district belonged to Longchuan and was known as Heping Dong, a remote country of forested hills. In 1518, after a campaign against the forces of Chi Zhongrong, the Ming official Wang Yangming petitioned to establish a county here. Land was taken from Longchuan and Heyuan, and a town was built the following year. Wang proposed reducing the new community's labour and tax burdens while it recovered from the fighting.